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12/11/2014 9:44:16 PM
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FORBES ARTICLE: Destiny Must Truly Expand If It Wants To Survive
FROM FORBES: [url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/12/10/destiny-must-truly-expand-if-it-wants-to-survive/]Destiny Must Truly Expand If It Wants To Survive[/url]
Looks like the complete lack of "expansion" in this expansion is getting some media attention. The focus of the article is essentially that the failure to include any major new areas to explore in the Dark Below will significantly reduce Destiny's staying power. Opening up new "zones" is pretty important for a game like this that is trying to encourage players to grind and play daily. Discuss...
EDIT: Glad to see there is some good debate going on in here but just to be clear for those unwilling to sit down and read through the full article, this isn't a case of someone who hates the game explaining why it is bad. The author clearly loves a lot about the game and he's giving what I believe to be a rather spot-on analysis of the current expansion and the problems Bungie might face in the road ahead if they choose to stay the course .
EDIT 2: Before the expansion launched I brought up the possibility of opening up the VOG as well as the Jovian Complex and Seraphim Vault within patrol to help (artificially at least) expand the world and spice things up. After running into the same wall that I always do in Bunker RAS-2 on patrol, it appears they have chosen to keep what precious few new environments they DO have away from those in free-roam who are looking for a change of pace during bounties. That thread can be found [url=http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/83257585/0/0/1]HERE [/url].
EDIT 3: With the weekly Deej update incoming, I think it would be wise on Bungie's part to begin laying out, in concrete terms, what we can expect from House of Wolves and whether or not a true "expansion" to our Guardian's world is on the horizon in some form. Communication is key here since a lot of these complaints and concerns crop up because vague promises like "new adventures are on the way" become meaningless and don't help players decide whether to move on or to stick with the game.
EDIT 4: Some more negative mainstream media attention has cropped up over at CNET. Discussion on that article can be found [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/83781927/0/0]HERE[/url]
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Anybody can get their articles published to Forbes, or CNET for that matter. Destiny has its flaws, just like every other game, and I can understand wanting to contribute to it's success and make it better, but how many times can we hear the same arguments? Am I missing something? There's 3 things I've seen reiterated over and over again, and honestly, it's getting annoying at this point. 1. Bugs Every single game has bugs, Destiny is not special. Bugs are hard to fix, they know you're frustrated by them, and they're working on them. Creating forum threads does not fix bugs, and does not really help anything at all, except vent your frustration that you're upset. 2. Content There is plenty of content in this game to be worth the money, just playing through the story once puts it on par with other FPS games in terms of content and hours played, but since there's an MMO spin on it people end up coming back and replaying the content. So, yeah it would be nice if there was a lot more content to play through, but then Bungie is in a pickle, how can they produce more content, maintain a free, non-sub, service and still only charge $60? They can't, so they sell the "base" game and expand upon it to cover the cost of creating a highly expansive game. You can compare this game to MMOs all day, but at the end of the day this game is an FPS first, and has an MMO feel second, so it is going to cater to that FPS audience first and foremost, just look at how much they push PvP on you. I don't know of any other game that pushes out weekly updates, even subscription based games are updated less frequently. 3. Story Yes, the story was kind of dull. I can understand if this was disappointing to people, but again, how many times do we need to hear about it? I will re-iterate that this is an FPS game first and foremost and the playability and replayability comes from the endgame and PvP content, not the story.
